Smoker&#39;s pouch.



Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

IN VE/V TOR WITNESSES A TTORNE Y m umn UNITED STATES PATENT QFFTQE.

JOHN S. UPI-LAM, OF MADISON, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOE TO HENRY H. SCOTT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SMOKER S POUCH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 19, 1916.

Application filed May 24, 1915. Serial No. 29,962.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN S. UPHAM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Madison, in the county of Madison and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Smokers Pouches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, whereby any one skilled in the art may make and use the same.

The invention relates to smokers pouches and contemplates a device which will combine a receptacle for tobacco which may be used for pipes or cigarettes; lighting apparatus, such as a box of matches and a scratcher and papers in which the tobacco may be wrapped for forming cigarettes.

The object of the invention is to provide a very simple and compact device which may be readily carried and will occupy as little space as possible, at the same time, providing tobacco, papers and matches for the smoker.

Referring to the drawings: Figure 1 is an inverted view in perspective of the device closed. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the device with the outer casing slipped away and broken in section, exposing the inner case members and the match receptacle. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 1, with the outer casing removed to expose the opposite side of the device from that illustrated in Fig. 2 and showing the paper receptacle. Fig. 4 is a cross-sectional view, illustrating the arrangement of the casing and containers. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary view on an enlarged scale, as comparedwith Fig. 2, illustrating the closing valve. Fig. 6 is a vertical section through the device.

It is conceded that it' is not new in the art to provide a composite device for smokers which includes a tobacco chamber, a match chamber and a receptacle for papers and various types of devices have been designed to combine such devices in a single housing or casing. Most of these devices have not only been cumbersome but have been unstable in structure and have had no adequate means for readily replenishing an exhausted supply of tobacco, matches and papers.

It is one of the principal objects of the present invention to coalesce in a single structure, a pouch, a match receptacle, a device upon which the ordinary modern safety match may be lighted and a package of cigarette papers also arranged and disposed so as to be most convenient for use, free from liability to misplacement and condensed in form so that they may be carried without inconvenience by the user when closely dressed.

It is quite important that the device be adapted to accommodate standard modern types of manufactured goods and for the cigarette smoker, it is all important that the device be capable of manipulation with one hand, while the cigarette papers are held in the other hand. The invention hereinafter described, contemplates all of the advantages set forth above and obviates the disadvantages of the cumbersome structures of the prior art so far as known.

The device hereinafter described may be made from any desired material, though it is preferred to make the body of the container of a thin, light metal which may be readily drawn and pressed to shape. This body is preferably covered and embellished with leather, leatheroid or any suitable outer covering or, of course, the whole structure may be made of the finermetals. The matter of material or combinations of material is one which may be modified to suit the exigencies of any particular demand of trade and to suit any individual esthetic taste. Q

In the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1 denotes a removablecasing and 2, the stationary section of the casing. These. parts are preferably made of leather or similar suitable flexible covering. Dependent from the member 2 which serves as the top of the case, there is a thin metal casing 3 which may be filled through the bottom, as hereinafter described and may be emptied through a valve opening 4 arranged in the head 5. The valve opening is controlled by a valve 6 through a thumb-button 7 and is normallv pressed into closed position by a spring 8. The valve and appurtenant parts are arranged in a suitable chamber in the head 5 and all of the parts are below the peripheral edge of the member 2 so that there is no liability of accidental opening of the valve 6.

The lower end of the case member 3 is slightly reduced as at 8 and the opposite sides of the case are slightly indented as at 9, 10. The reduced portion and the indented portions serve to receive a bottom cover 11 which securely seals the lower end of the casing member 3 and also serves through extended plate members 12, 13, to cover the receptacle 1%: which contains the papers and the receptacle 15 within which the matches are located. The paper receptacle 1st and the match receptacle 15 are preferably formed by pressing in the sides of the casing to form rectangular pockets of suitable sizes. It is of course obvious that the pockets may be separately formed and attached in any desired manner.

The cover plate member 12 has formed in it an angularly shaped opening 16 and the cigarette papers are arranged in the pocket 14 with their sealed and joined edge adjacent to the widest part of the opening 16 as at 17. By drawing the thumb over the upper part of the opening 18 against the paper, a single paper may be drawn out of the pocket 1 1 through the perforation 16 of the side closure plate 12.

The match receptacle 15 is partially covered by the plate 13, although said plate has an irregularly formed opening 19 which, at its upper end 20, is wide enough to permit the sidewise extraction of a match. B inserting the finger in the key-hole like opening 19 at the lower end 21, a match may be readily picked out of the receptacle 15 through the wider part of the plate-opening 20.

At the upper end of the plate 13, there is a holding clip 22 opening at one side to receive a match igniter 23. In line with the clip 22, there is a loop 24 through which the match igniter strip may be inserted.

The match receptacle 15 is preferably of a size and shape to receive the inner member of the ordinary box of safety matches and the clips 22, 24 are of a size to receive the igniting strip ordinarily provided on the exterior of a box of safety matches. It is apparent that with this arrangement, a

box of matches may be broken and the igniting strip inserted in clips 22, 24, while the box or contents thereof may be inserted in the receptacle 15.

Both the match receptacle 15 and the paper receptacle 12 are partially covered and the contents retained therein by the side plates 13, 12, and these plates at their upper end, are preferably provided with indent catches 11 12 which hold "the plates firmly to the casing 3 and hold the bottom or cover section of the casing 3 in place. Over the casing and its contained parts is slipped the outer casing 1.

When it is desired to use the materials of the receptacle, the outer casing 1 is partially withdrawn by grasping the top member 2 by its edges or sides and partially withdrawing the casing 1, whereupon there will be exposed the papers on one side and the matches on the other. By holding the receptacle upright in one hand, the valve 6 may be readily moved backward by one of the fingers and a sufiicient amount of tobacco shaken out of the receptacle to fill the paper. Matches are always at hand with which to light the cigarette.

Of course, the device is not limited to cigarette smokers as it might just as conveniently be employed for filling pipes but in any event, there is a receptacle which is open at the bottom upon removal of the outer casing 1 and lower inner sheathing 11 so that it may be quickly and easily filled and when the parts are once in place, they are securely locked together, though giving ample opportunity for the removal of papers and matches.

It will be noted that the receptacles 14, 15 are so arranged that they abut against each other, though ample channels are left on either side of them longitudinally of the case, through which tobacco may pass to the valve opening 4. This abutment of the receptacles gives stability to the device, especially where it is made of resilient material such as leather fabric or soft fiber. Thus the central portions carrying the matches and paper are unaffected by warpage of the remainder of the case, While carried in the pocket.

It is to be understood that the exact detail of form and construction may be modified to a considerable extent Without departing from the spirit or intent of the invention which contemplates in the main a receptacle having artistic value combined with features of usefulness, and with a main receptacle, a valve closure at one end and an adjustable closure at the opposite end with devices 'for covering and protecting the receptacles for the matches and papers or like materials, at the same time, permitting complete access to the receptacles upon removal of the casing section.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A smokers pouch having a body-part forming a tobacco receptacle, 2. match pocket formed therein and a closure for the end of the body part having an extended plate overlapping the receptacle and with an opening through which the matches may be removed.

2. A smokers pouch having a body-part providing a tobacco receptacle, a pocket formed therein for papers, a closure for the end of the receptacle having a plate overlapping the pocket and having a perforation through which the papers may be removed.

3. A smokers pouch having a body-part providing a tobacco receptacle, pockets formed in opposite sides of the body part and a closure for the 61 Of the tobacco receptacle having plates extending over the pockets formed in opposite sides of the body-part, said plates having perforations providing access to their respective pockets.

4. A smokers pouch having a body-part providing a tobacco receptacle, pockets formed in opposite sides thereof, a closure for the end of the tobacco receptacle having plates extending over the pockets formed in opposite sides of the body-part, said plates having perforations providing access to their respective pockets, and a removable casing inclosing said parts.

5. A smokers pouch having a body-part providing a tobacco receptacle, a top at the upper end and a removable outer casing, a spring-closed valve in the top, and a removable closure for the lower end of the receptacle.

6. A smokers pouch having a body-part providing a tobacco receptacle, a top at the upper end and a removable outer casing, a spring-closed valve in the top, a removable closure for the lower end of the receptacle, having plates extending along the sides of said receptacle, pockets formed in opposite sides of the body-part and partially closed by the plates and perforations in said plates providing access to the pockets and a removable casing inclosing the bodypart and its closure and plates.

7. In a smokers pouch, a body-part forming a tobacco receptacle, a controllable valve at the upper end of said body-part through which the contents of the receptacle may be removed, a closure for the lower end of the body-part having plates extending over the sides of said body-part, said sides of the body-part being depressed to provide channels for the reception of the said side plates, pockets formed in opposite sides of the body-part underlying said plates, and said plates having perforations giving access to the pockets.

JOHN S. UPHAM. Witnesses:

ALBERT A. NIZTING, I-I. GooDRIoH.

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Washington, D. G. 

